Remains of US last known slave ship, the Clotilda, buried in Alabama river to remain underwater
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Remains of US last known slave ship, the Clotilda, buried in Alabama river to remain underwater

The last known US slave ship is too “broken” and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered, a task force of archaeologists, engineers and historians announced following a yearslong investigation. The task force headed by the Alabama Historical Commission said Thursday that the…